Clothes-frame



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

H. J. HOLMES, OF WARREN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,739, dated July 12, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. J. HOLMES, of Warren, in the county of Worcesterand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Clothes-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,of which- Figure l, is a perspective view of the clothes frame spreadopen. Fig. 2, shows the same when closed.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the two figures.

The nature of my invention consists in combining together a series ofclothes [frames for drying clothes, so that each frame will haveindependent bearings in two segmental pieces, which .form the foot andcap pieces, and so that when the frames are closed or shut together,there will be a great economy of space, as hereinafter described.

A, B, are two segmental pieces which constitute the cap and footbearings for the racks or frames C, each of which have pivoted bearingsin these two pieces A, B, al-

lowing the opposite legs to swing 0r to be extended as may be desired.The central frame D, has its leg fixed rigidly to the cap and footpiece, and is stationary. E, E, are horizontal bars upon which theclothes are hung and F, F, are the legs for supporting the weight of theclothes hung upon the bars.

I have shown in the drawings five frames or racks, but these may beincreased to any number demanded by prolonging the foot and cap piecesA, B, and pivoting each leg of the frames therein, so that the legs willneither recede from, nor approach each other, in adjusting the frames.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A series of vertical frames one of which has permanently affixed to it afoot piece A, and cap B, when said cap and foot pieces form suitablebearings for other frames, arranged and operating as and for the purposeset forth.

H. J. HOLMES` Witnesses LEVI. B. MOWEY, C. P. CRossMAN.

